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Ruth Mottram @Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org
· 5d ago
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Remarkable episode in a remarkable series of Cleaning Up profiles. Michael Liebriech is doing a series on Ukrainian #energy + if you want to know why #UkraineWillWin And more importantly how much we in Europe have to learn, it's essential + compelling listening. Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change: How To Run An Electricity Grid In A State Of War | Deep Dive Ukraine 04: Vitalii Zaichenko & Volodymyr Kudrytskyi
cleaning-up-leadership-in-the-age-of-climate-change.simplecast.com
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The Guardian Feeds @guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media
· 6d ago
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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre By Jillian Ambrose Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/uk-drax-power-station-ai-datacentre #Drax #Energyindustry #Business #Energy #Environment #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #UKnews #TheGuardian #JillianAmbrose
UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’

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CNBC — US Top News and Analysis @cnbc_us_top_news@robot.villas
· 6d ago
Brookfield targets $27 billion AI data center at power station. Energy firm Drax surges 8% https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/03/brookfield-ai-data-center-yorkshire-drax.html #Finance #ArtificialIntelligence #Energy
Brookfield targets $27 billion AI data center at power station. Energy firm Drax surges 8%
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Brookfield targets $27 billion AI data center at power station. Energy firm Drax surges 8%

Europe is scrambling to develop infrastructure to support the rollout of AI amid high energy and land costs.

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<insert name here> @curt_nordgaard@mstdn.social
· 1w ago
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The Minnesota PUC recently accepted comments on the state's very first natural gas integrated resource plan. Xcel Energy filed the first one, and comments rolled in end of last week. This one from the City of St Paul provides a few focused critiques and interesting updates on the City's efforts. #Energy #NaturalGas #Electrification
efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us

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Greenpeace International @greenpeace@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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Higher prices for food and fuel? Oil and gas blocked in Hormuz have a lot to do with it. Dependence on fossil fuels leaves us exposed. Switching to renewable energy can help protect the climate and keep people safer from rising living costs. Read more: https://act.gp/4e2TxAj #fossilflation #IranWar #energy #climate #food #renewables #solar
Fossilflation: War on Iran oil shock shows why we need to replace fossil fuels with renewables - Greenpeace International
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Fossilflation: War on Iran oil shock shows why we need to replace fossil fuels with renewables - Greenpeace International

New Greenpeace International analysis shows how dependence on fossil fuels leaves household budgets exposed to volatile international markets, with price shocks feeding through into the wider economy.

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Texas Observer @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
· 1w ago
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Top story: BlackRock is now the largest investor in data centers in both #Texas and across the nation. We used public documents to trace how this investment giant went from public enemy to Republican darling. https://www.texasobserver.org/blackrock-texas-comeback-esg-blacklist/#Republicans #politics #news #energy #tech #AI
How BlackRock Became Texas' Comeback Kid
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How BlackRock Became Texas' Comeback Kid

Once a blacklisted ESG bogeyman, the Wall Street giant has won back the Republican rulers of Texas as it pours millions into data centers and the gas plants that power them.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
40 years later, Chernobyl's nuclear fallout is not what scientists expected https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261021231241.htm #energy #NuclearEnergy #Chernobyl #environment
40 years later, Chernobyl's nuclear fallout is not what scientists expected
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40 years later, Chernobyl's nuclear fallout is not what scientists expected

Forty years after the Chornobyl disaster, tiny radioactive particles still linger in the soil, carrying a dangerous legacy. Using powerful X-rays, scientists discovered that some of these particles have remained surprisingly stable, trapping radioactive substances inside instead of releasing them into the environment.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 2w ago
Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/18/heat-pumps-insulation-warm-homes-plan-beat-new-oilfields-cutting-uk-cost-of-living-study #UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #HeatPumps #insulation #energy #fossilfuel #fossilfuels
Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests
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Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests

Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds

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Nαtαshα :mastodon: @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
· 2w ago
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This analysis is fascinating: it breaks down how when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. via Jan Rosenow, Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford #energy #climate
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ModernMaslow @ModernMaslow@techhub.social
· 2w ago
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@stux@mstdn.social The #TechBros can indeed solve poverty, and maximize #Capitalism profits, just by cornering the #energy sector and other #RootInfrastructure. They can also usurp #FossilFuels in producing armaments, to hasten this solve, by genocidal means in abusive control of said root infrastructure. Welcome to the new authoritarian autocracy's version of Capitalism.
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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 3w ago
Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/16/vw-ford-tesla-batteries-deforestation-indigenous-lands #environment #forest #deforestation #Indigenous #energy #battery #Volkswagen #Ford #Tesla
Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands
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Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands

Mines in supply chains of western carmakers linked to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands inhabited by Tolaki people in Indonesia

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Rob Pumphrey @robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk
· 3w ago
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The UK now has way more batteries than pump storage. 3.1GW supplied by batteries on Sunday, a new record. https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/live #Energy #RenewableEnergy
energydashboard.co.uk

Live GB Electricity Generation Mix, Carbon & Price – Energy Dashboard

Live UK electricity generation mix, demand, carbon intensity and wholesale price for Great Britain's national grid. The mix, type and carbon charts update every 5 minutes. Power flow is the most recent half-hour. Time series charts show today and yesterday, half-hourly, with wholesale price.

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Primo Natura @primonatura@mstdn.social
· 3w ago
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"Australia backs goal of 150 million new rooftop solar systems globally by 2030" #Australia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
Australia backs goal of 150 million new rooftop solar systems globally by 2030 - pv magazine Global
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Australia backs goal of 150 million new rooftop solar systems globally by 2030 - pv magazine Global

Australia has endorsed a global plan to double the number of homes in the world with rooftop solar, from 150 to 300 million by 2030 via the Global Rooftop Solar Declaration announced at the 2026 Pacific Pre-COP meeting in Fiji.

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ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social
· 3w ago
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NEW: Officials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, spent millions of dollars drafting separate plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Neither plan took into account how the construction of three new data centers could upend climate goals in both places. https://www.propublica.org/article/data-centers-texas-new-mexico-greenhouse-gas-emissions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #NewMexico #ElPaso #Texas #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #DataCenters #Energy #Pollution
New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.
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New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.

Officials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, made plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Neither plan took into account how the construction of three new data centers could upend climate goals in both places.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 3w ago
Painted turbines can save millions of birds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/painted-turbines-can-save-millions-of-birds/ #wildlife #birds #renewables #energy #windenergy #windpower #turbines
Painted turbines can save millions of birds
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Painted turbines can save millions of birds

What do snakes, poisonous frogs, and wind turbines have in common? Scientists tested whether warning color patterns inspired by nature could help birds avoid deadly collisions with wind turbines. In video-game-style experiments, great tits, distinctive small birds, were shown different blade designs, including a new pattern based on the bold visual colors used by some […]

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Veza85UE @Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
· 3mo ago
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/116923488218443672 #DanJørgensen “Our electrification rate has stagnated for the last decade. We need to electrify and we need to do it much faster,” he said." Conflicted re: how much shit I should give any Danish politician as, to its credit, #Denmark is the only country among the "Hansa League" frauds to have denounced frugalism. We should welcome anyone seeing the light... But this is still a classic use case for the: "We're all trying to find the guy who did this" meme. #EUpol #EU #energy #FrugalsInTrenches
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RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/116125593925760509 Latest in my "laugh-cry-die while reading the FT" series. Fatih Birol said that Europe’s low electrification rate — electricity’s share of the energy consumed in the EU — of around 23 per cent is holding back the bloc’s competitiveness and economic “sovereignty”. “This is in my view a major mistake for Europe,” Birol told the FT. “In general, I would have hoped and expected that Europe would have been more responsive to this crisis.” 🤣 🥹 😭 💀 #EUpol #EU #energyhttps://archive.is/20260711054422/https://www.ft.com/content/fbeb7df0-41fb-4981-8d78-01c7a95d3ed6
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Veza85UE @Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
· 3mo ago
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/116125593925760509 Latest in my "laugh-cry-die while reading the FT" series. Fatih Birol said that Europe’s low electrification rate — electricity’s share of the energy consumed in the EU — of around 23 per cent is holding back the bloc’s competitiveness and economic “sovereignty”. “This is in my view a major mistake for Europe,” Birol told the FT. “In general, I would have hoped and expected that Europe would have been more responsive to this crisis.” 🤣 🥹 😭 💀 #EUpol #EU #energy
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@Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@euractiv_politics/116119737300310606 Bleakly amusing to me that 4 years into Russia attacking Europe and using energy to blackmail us, 🇪🇺 electricity distribution grids are paying infomercials to ask for large-scale investments in ageing infrastructure: "Distribution grids will require EUR 730 billion investment by 2040 and a significant share of this will be dedicated specifically to resilience measures" ...but we can't have eurobonds because #FrugalsInTrenches still think I'll spend it all on booze and twinks.
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